You can read what Bookie is here, but here's the
long and short of it:
-

Bookie is an application which keeps all your bookmarks on a central
-server so that you can access bookmarks from anywhere on the web.

+
-

The server is written in Java, and uses XML-RPC to communicate to clients.
-There's also a client written in Swing, which is pretty functional. The current
-goal is to get the Mozilla client back into shape given the existence of
-a working server (finally!)

-
-

To get the server running on your machine, download the server.zip file
-here. You should
-start the server with
-java -Dlog4j.configuration=info.xml -jar server.jar
-in a directory for Bookie usage. No database is required, as Bookie will
-create its own database if it doesn't find one. It will start on port 9000
-by default, but you can specify the port on the command line. JDK 1.4 with the
--server option is recommended, as the I/O performance is MUCH
-faster than 1.3.1.

+

+ Bookie is an application which keeps all your bookmarks on a central
+ server so that you can access bookmarks from anywhere on the web.
+

+
+

+ The server is written in Java, and uses XML-RPC to communicate to clients.
+ There's also a client written in Swing, which is pretty functional. The current
+ goal is to get the Mozilla client back into shape given the existence of
+ a working server.
+

+
+

+ To get the server running on your machine, download the server.zip file
+ here. You should
+ start the server with
+
+ java -Dlog4j.configuration=info.xml -jar server.jar
+
+ in a directory for Bookie usage. No database is required, as Bookie will
+ create its own database if it doesn't find one. It will start on port 9000
+ by default, but you can specify the port on the command line.
+ JDK 1.4 with the
+ -server option is recommended, as the I/O performance is MUCH
+ faster than 1.3.1.
+

-

To get the java client running, download the client.zip file here. Unzip the client in a new directory, and execute it with one of the scripts or java -jar client.jar.
+

+ To get the java client running, download the client.zip file here.
+ Unzip the client in a new directory, and execute it with one of the
+ scripts or java -jar client.jar.
+

-

When the client starts up, it will present you with a connections box:
+

+ When the client starts up, it will present you with a connections box:

-

+
+

-

Create a new connection to http://localhost:9000.

-

Double click on the connection to connect to the server.

+

Create a new connection to http://localhost:9000.

+

Double click on the connection to connect to the server.

When the server asks you if you would like to be registered for the
-server, say yes.

+ server, say yes.

Click on the root folder, then click on the File menu and select the
-import menu item.

+ and clicking on that. As an example, my Mozilla file is under "C:\Documents
+ and Settings\Will Sargent\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\mq632ho0.slt"
+

Or, if you are using Internet Explorer, you can import your bookmarks by going
to "C:\Documents and Settings\Will Sargent\Favorites" and importing the favorites from there.

You can also export to Netscape if you want to get bookmarks out of the server.

That's it!

-
-

-

There is an example bookmark server at
-http://tersesystems.com. To connect
-to the test server, please enter
-http://tersesystems.com:9000/
-as your URL. Please do not use a normal password:
-most of Bookie's traffic is not encrypted, and you may be vulnerable to
-packet sniffing. Also note that there is no expectation of privacy on this
-server. Although I intend to keep all bookmark information private, I reserve
-the right to look at any and all data on the server for debugging purposes.
+

+
+

+ There is an example bookmark server at
+ http://tersesystems.com. To connect
+ to the test server, please enter
+ http://tersesystems.com:9000/
+ as your URL. Please do not use a normal password:
+ most of Bookie's traffic is not encrypted, and you may be vulnerable to
+ packet sniffing. Also note that there is no expectation of privacy on this
+ server. Although I intend to keep all bookmark information private, I reserve
+ the right to look at any and all data on the server for debugging purposes.
+

+
+

+ Suggestions and comments are welcome. If you have any problems with the
+ above instructions, please e-mail me at the address below.

-

Suggestions and comments are welcome. If you have any problems with the
-above instructions, please e-mail me at the address below.